What are some of the best ways to defend against werewolves?

Start by taking less LSD.

Become one and you won’t have to worry about it.

In defense against werewolves, Silver Bullets all the way. To prevent these attacks from happening in the first place, figure out a way to do something about full moons. As far as what that might entail, I have no idea.

Don’t go out on the night of the full moon. Simple as that.

Move to a small island in the South Pacific where the only life besides yourself are giant coconut crabs and sea birds.

Carry a gun with silver bullets.

Keep Lawrence Welk records playing at all times (featuring the Lennon sisters).

Hmm apparently mistletoe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

Lay off the Coors Light or you might turn into Beer Wolf.

Speaking of werewolves, here’s a nice clip from Teen Wolf. Yep, it’s still there. Don’t believe me? Netflix it.

Flame throwers are good. Indiscriminate but good.

Staying in.

There has never been a recorded instance of a werewolf attacking someone wearing a Fluther Tee. Just sayin’. But the flame thrower’s not a bad idea as a backup

by growing up and realizing that they arent real
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either that or get a good shrink.

So if a silver bullet kills werewolves, and a person can’t get a gun because of a felony conviction, would silver ball bearings work shot out of a powerful Wrist Rocket slingshot? Not that I’m a felon, I’m just curious.

@Darwin how does one prevent being attacked by giant coconut crabs and seabirds?

@evelyns_pet_zebra – Attack them first with plenty of garlic butter.

@Darwin tons of lurve for that answer. :D

Be a vampire. They have more control and social structures and ranking to outwit the dumb beasts. Werewolves apparently die by silver bullets (long range) vs wooden stakes for vamps (shorter range.) There is the sun allergy issue though and napping the rest of the day off, but good looks, seduction and immortality easily make up for it.

Since we are talking folklore here (and to the ‘grow up’ people, I say that the study of folklore is valuable because it forms such a huge chunk of our cultural development, even today), then NOT silver bullets. That’s Hollywood speaking, not folklore. Werewolves are recorded (initially as historical fact) as early as the first century AD, with the last recorded ‘werewolf trial’ taking place in Styria in the eighteenth century; silver bullets only become a thing with the release of ‘The Wolf Man’ in 1941. Silver IS connected to Werewolves, but since it is the ‘metal of the moon’ in purely magical terms it is no more effective against Werewolves than any other sort of bullet, and probably less effective than good old-fashioned lead, which is why we don’t make bullets out of silver as a matter of course (silver’s more abundant than people think). Silver was for Vampires. Traditionally for Werewolves you want aconite (also known as Monk’s Hood, or Wolfsbane – what a giveaway) or viscum album (mistletoe). There’s a reason why kissing under the mistletoe has become a Christmas tradition – in Medieval Europe, winter was wolf season, and a wolf walking abroad as a man would be unable to pass through a door over which mistletoe was hung. In some parts of Europe, Werewolves were believed to either put on a wolfskin or take off their human skin – and stealing and burning the discarded skin (wolf or human) would destroy the creature.